Africa Architecture Awards September : 25 – 28 September 2024
Africa Architecture Awards
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The Africa Architecture Awards seek to celebrate design excellence and promote an increased awareness of the role and importance of architecture across Africa. Based on values rather than categories, the awards seek to honour established architects and encourage emerging and future voices.A ‘Critical Dialogue’ award promotes excellence in architectural writing, film and criticism and encourages new forms of discussion and dialogue through the innovative use of digital media. A special ‘Lifetime Achiever’s Award’ may also be awarded in any jury cycle for an architect or architects who have made a significant contribution to the field over a substantive period of time. A People’s Choice Award will also be given to the entry voted most popular onlineOBJECTIVES OF THE AFRICA ARCHITECTURE AWARDS 2024As an internationally recognised, world-class award for African architecture, the objectives of the programme are to:
- Promote design excellence across a range of built environment disciplines;
- Create a stronger awareness of the role of architects and urban designers with the general public;
- Educate public and private sector clients to commission better work;
- Facilitate conversations, connections and collaborative possibilities for architects across the continent;
- Provide a platform for emerging voices;
- Provide a new view of African architecture globally;
- Begin to build cultural capital for good African architecture and design through exhibitions, publications and new digital forms of dissemination (films, documentaries, festivals);
- Highlight innovative practitioners and academics who might have a longer-term effect on the accreditation and training of African architects;
- Provide African architects with an awards programme that recognize and celebrates the particular conditions, challenges and opportunities of pan-African practice and education.